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There is a free service call Have I Been Pwned which uses your email address to see what data breaches you are part of ( https://haveibeenpwned.com/ ). While it uses your email to check (not SSN) odds are if they have your SSN in the dataset they also have your email.
The OP post says that emails in this breach are paired with random names and SSNs, so it's not a good indicator.
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> Someone created a magnet link yesterday Are you against simply sharing the infohash here? I'd like to download the leak to see what information it has on myself and my family, but I don't really relish the idea of signing up for a breachforums account and sifting though its posts if I can avoid it.
Here is a strongly encrypted base64 version to keep hackers out: bWFnbmV0Oj94dD11cm46YnRpaDozY2FhNzFmM2VjOGNiY2NjNmZjYTRmZWI3MTg1ZGEyYmFiMTQ5YmE3JmRuPU5QRCZ0cj11ZHA6Ly90cmFja2VyLm9wZW5iaXR0b3JyZW50LmNvbTo4MCZ0cj11ZHA6Ly90cmFja2VyLm9wZW50cmFja3Iub3JnOjEzMzcvYW5ub3VuY2U= Allegedly, the password (also base64 encrypted) is: aHR0cHM6Ly91c2RvZC5pby8=
EDIT: answer: 2 files, 176GB and 120GB, total is 298GB.
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> The single identifier is what enables them to be linked > If someone is signed into Google and then signs into their bank, does that mean they're the same person, or just two people who use the same computer? You misunderstood my argument as “it’s okay to make things worse” rather than “spend your time on things which can matter”. You’re grossly overstating the importance of the unique identifier in era where datab…
> The modern Stasi wouldn’t need to an army of clerks to link government IDs, they’d pay Google or some other ad tech companies who’ve already linked your online activities (how many people even know if their bank uses Google Analytics?) and your email addresses and your phone numbers and your credit card transactions and the location data which the phone companies and mobile app analytics firms have already collecte…
It does work like that in too many cases. Yes, one data point is not definitive but since they can get many data points it works well enough to be a major privacy risk - for example, this was a cheap attack which required no governmental access:
https://www.vox.com/recode/22587248/grindr-app-location-data...
I would suggest writing down exactly what you are concerned about in a structured manner. You’ve shifted the scope significantly and are well off topic from the original point. I appreciate the emotion but it’s hard to build a policy on quicksand.
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It's completely bonkers to have retaliation like that against a single attack that isn't part of a pattern. Like, that context arguably makes it worse than if there was no inciting incident, because it's so blatantly blaming a huge group for one person .
its not a single attack but not like the news you listen to would report that. it is a pattern.
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I hope this is meant to be satirical. The IRS has a massive budget. Maybe just reallocate their current funds instead of giving them more is a better idea.
I don’t think the parent is satirical at all; as an enumerated power, the IRS needs modernization and better funding. Recent hiring expansions have increased audits for high earners and generated additional revenue. Turbotax’s lobbyists are losing influence and we’re enjoying free filing options for individuals in some states. It’s also reasonable to say that a revenue service is not responsible for defining authenti…
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> layer-2 logs on our phones are constant. Huh?
Every phone provider has a log of the IMEI binding to cell tower and triangulation over multiple towers. Call logs are one thing, carrier cell connect and disconnect is another. If your phone is on, your position in time and space to some circular error is also known, continuously. To say nothing of Bluetooth that's with the advertising hoardings and inside the store mainly. Basically, any privacy nut with a phone an…
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That’s absurdly naive – it’s like saying every picture is the same because they aren’t entirely (255, 255, 255) pixels. If your goal is to do anything other than feel smug, consider the impact such non-serious positions have on how other people will perceive anything more serious you say.
Respectfully, you are wrong. Nothing I've said is untrue. I gave you examples, where you reciprocated with a personal attack. This is one of the ways in which US internal politics has become infantile and tedious. I would appreciate it if you left it there.
If you are concerned about politics being “infantile and tedious”, try to set an example of the rigor you’re looking for. For example, you could point to specific verifiable actions by a candidate like I did.
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Here is a strongly encrypted base64 version to keep hackers out: bWFnbmV0Oj94dD11cm46YnRpaDozY2FhNzFmM2VjOGNiY2NjNmZjYTRmZWI3MTg1ZGEyYmFiMTQ5YmE3JmRuPU5QRCZ0cj11ZHA6Ly90cmFja2VyLm9wZW5iaXR0b3JyZW50LmNvbTo4MCZ0cj11ZHA6Ly90cmFja2VyLm9wZW50cmFja3Iub3JnOjEzMzcvYW5ub3VuY2U= Allegedly, the password (also base64 encrypted) is: aHR0cHM6Ly91c2RvZC5pby8=
Anyone know the size after the 50GB file is un7zipped? EDIT: answer: 2 files, 176GB and 120GB, total is 298GB.
Freeze your credit reports, folks.
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A lack of national ID cards would not have hindered the Nazis in carrying out mass murder one bit.
More apropros to the current situation, Henryk Jagoda and the bolsheviks killed/starved between 29 million to 113 million people, depending on estimates. They certainly ID's people, based on ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, and class status. My point is to not make it easier for them.
Figures like 29 million (not to mention 113 million, which would hardly leave anyone in the USSR) are simply not credible. I suspect the 29 million figure comes from counting the victims of the Nazi invasion of the USSR, but those deaths are on Germany's balance.